Nick: Well... it took real guts for you to walk into that police station and
demand your rights like that.

Sandy: If I lost my nerve, I knew I had you for backup.

Nick: It's still hard to believe, what we actually found out.

Sandy: It's horrifying. I mean, all of those rape kits unprocessed, all of
those victims waiting for answers while the criminals just walk free because of
money, because of budget cuts. I-I can't make sense of it, Nick. I can't stop
thinking about all of those women scared and waiting, clinging to the hope that
their cases were being investigated, and nothing was being done.

Nick: Well, Baker's in charge now. He's gonna find out who did this, and
guess what you get? You get to have your life back.

Brooke: We tried to pull a coup on the high and mighty Bill Spencer and who
knows how he'll retaliate?

Donna: Yeah, well, we better expect the worst.

(Thunder crashes)

Donna: Oh, my!

Brooke: Ooh! Oh, my.

Donna: You--you see what I'm talking about? Oh, jeez.

(Pounding on door)

Donna: Who in the world could that be?

Brooke: (Sighs)

Katie: (Sobbing)

Brooke: Katie! Oh, my God! Get in! You are soaked! Donna, Donna, get a
blanket.

Katie: (Sobs)

Donna: What happened? Here.

Katie: I went for a drive.

Donna: In--in this-- in this weather?

Katie: I-I-I just had to get out. I just-- (sobbing)

Brooke: What's wrong?

Katie: What's wrong? I've been arguing with my husband for the last hour. You
want to know what about? I've been defending you, even though what you did is
indefensible. I've been standing up for you the way you should have been
standing up for me! And finally, I just couldn't take it anymore, couldn't take
Bill attacking you, so I-I-I walked out, even though everything he said made
total sense, because why would I want someone in my life who's so willing to
hurt me and make me look like a laughingstock. (Sobbing) So here I am! (Sobbing)
Thanks to you, I walked out on my husband. (Sobs) (sniffles) (sobs)

(Thunder crashes)

Katie: (Sniffles)

(Thunder crashes)

(knock on door)

Bill: What are you doing here?

Steffy: (Sighs) This is how the great Bill Spencer enjoys his evenings,
drinking alone?

Bill: I like drinking alone.

Bill: So what are you, Forresters' avenging angel? Well, you can get out,
'cause I don't want to hear it.

Nick: I know you were scared, but believe me, you really took some big steps.

Sandy: Well, I might have some more to take, right, because I might come
face-to-face with the man who did this to me soon. (Laughs) I have played that
moment in my head so many times. I've waited for years to look him in the eyes
and ask, why? Why me? Was it something that I said? Was it something that I was
wearing?

Nick: Sandy, you didn't do anything wrong. Nobody deserves what happened to
you.

(Thunder rumbles)

Sandy: He needs to know what he took from me-- my hopes and my dreams. I'm
never gonna be that girl again, Nick. I'm never gonna be Aggie, you know,
carefree, out for a night with my friends, crashin' at someone's house, leaving
my door unlocked, talking to strangers. That girl is just... (sniffles) gone for
good.

Nick: I'm sorry.

Sandy: (Sniffles)

Nick: He's a coward.

Sandy: Yeah, he's a coward who got his kicks off attacking a drugged,
helpless woman. I'm gonna put him in jail, Nick. For the rest of his life, he's
gonna look over his shoulder and watch his back.

(Thunder rumbles)

Donna: You fought with Bill?

Katie: Does that surprise you? And he couldn't believe that I was defending
you after everything you've done. He thinks I should just write you off.

Brooke: But you came here.

Katie: Yeah. Uh, what am I doing here? I-I-I was driving around,
and--and--and--and it's been such an awful night, and I had a big fight with my
husband, and I just wanted to talk to my best friends, and guess what? You're my
best friends. And how sad is that? You're the people I love and trust more than
anything else in the world.

Katie: But you did. You--you were willing to sacrifice me. You--you were
willing to set me up for public humiliation, ruin my career, possibly my
marriage, and I--and I get it-- you were concerned about your husbands' bruised
egos, so I guess that made it okay to just turn on your little sister. (Sobs) I
mean, Bill thinks that I should just cut you out of my life, and maybe he's
right, because how do I trust you ever again? Tell me. I mean, what have you
done to us? (Sniffles)

Brooke: It was just-- listen to me.

Katie: No, I-I-I-I have to get out of here. I-I've got to go back. Bill's
probably worried about me. I need to go home.

Brooke: No, you cannot go anywhere. You are too upset.

Katie: (Sobbing)

Brooke: It's pouring out there. You can't go out there on the streets, and
Bill is not gonna want you to. Please just call him and tell him you're okay and
that you're safe.

Katie: (Sniffles)

Brooke: Honey, I can see how upset you are, and I am sorry. We didn't want to
hurt you. We're your sisters. Please do not shut us out of your life.

Katie: (Sniffles)

(Thunder rumbles)

(Thunder crashes)

Bill: I told you to leave.

Steffy: I'm not going anywhere. So... where's Katie? Did you guys get in a
fight? She must have walked out. Yeah, it must have been a doozy for her to
leave you.

(Cell phone vibrates)

Steffy: Katie's at Brooke’s? What does that tell you?

(Thunder crashes)

Nick: Well, we should hear from Baker soon. He'll let us know if he found any
leads.

Sandy: Well, I found something almost as important.

Nick: Yeah.

Sandy: I found some hope, another thing I thought that bastard took away from
me for good that night.

Lt. Baker: Ah, Miss Sommers, glad you're here.

Nick: Any news?

Lt. Baker: I'm sorry, but there was no D.N.A. match. Your attacker isn't in
our system.

Nick: You're sure?

Lt. Baker: That means he has no priors, no felonies, nothing to put him in
the data bank. I'm sorry. I know you're disappointed.

Brooke: What if Bill had come to you for help? Would you have turned him
away?

Katie: I don't know. I don't know. I just feel completely beat up inside and
out.

Donna: (Sighs)

Katie: I don't know who I can trust.

(Thunder crashes)

Steffy: Bill, why don't you just give back the company? Katie's gone to her
sister’s. She shouldn't have done that, but she did, and that says a lot.
Business is screwing up your life, your marriage. You took the company from my
dad and my granddad. You forced them to their knees. You won, okay? You've got
the control. You had the power. So why don't you just give up the company and
make life so much easier for you?

Bill: That is never going to happen.

Steffy: Are you really that committed? You're that committed to your
stranglehold?

Bill: Your family tried to make a fool out of me, and I will never forget
that.

Steffy: How much are you gonna let it cost you? Then again... this could be
your opportunity.

Bill: Opportunity for what?

Steffy: To get away from the Logans, to get away from Katie. She does not get
you. She walked out on you tonight.

Bill: It's not the first time.

Steffy: She's walked out on you before?

Bill: No. No, not Katie.

(Thunder crashes)

Bill: You need to go. The storm's getting worse.

Steffy: Yeah, that's for sure.

(Thunder crashes)

Bill: You need to leave, Steffy. You have no idea what you're dealing with.

(Thunder rumbles)

(Thunder crashes)

Steffy: It upsets you that Katie’s at Brooke’s, huh? Trust me, those Logans
stick together. I have watched it my whole life. I have watched my dad struggle
for years with Brooke because of her-- her lack of loyalty. I have seen what
this family can do. They will hurt you. So why don't you just get out while you
can?

Bill: I love my wife, Steffy.

Steffy: I know. That's probably the first mistake, you falling for her. You
have no idea what they've done to my family. My dad was taken away from me
because of Brooke, and it's never been the same. I have never felt that I
actually... that I had a dad, okay?

(Thunder rumbles)

Bill: I know what that's like.

Steffy: Hey, but I learned to live with it, right? But it's not too late for
you. You can still escape.

(Thunder crashes)

Steffy: She walked out on you. Doesn't it seem like she's making a choice?

(Thunder rumbles)

Lt. Baker: I know this is very difficult. Call me anytime.

Sandy: Thank you.

Sandy: (Laughs) I can't believe he got away with it. I can't believe he got
away with it.

Nick: But he didn’t. He didn't get away with anything, Sandy.

Sandy: (Sobs)

Nick: (Sighs)

Sandy: (Sniffles)

Nick: It's just gonna take a little bit more time. Now--now come on. Stay
with me here. Don't slip back into that dark place.

Sandy: There is one ray of light in all of this, Nick-- you and Bridget. You
know, you threw me a lifeline.

Nick: Well, trust me on this. One day you will feel safe again. And one day
you'll be able to open your heart. One day.

Sandy: One day.

(Thunder rumbles)

Brooke: You'll stay here tonight.

Katie: (Sighs) No, Brooke. I have to go home.

Brooke: Katie, no.

Katie: (Sighs)

Brooke: It's one night. You're making a point. You're standing up for
yourself. Besides, you've had too much wine, and it's pouring out there, and
it's not safe to be out on the road.

(Thunder crashes)

Katie: I don't like being apart from my husband. I love him, even if you
don't think he's worthy.

Brooke: (Sighs) We just don't want to see you hurt.

Katie: It's funny you should say that. We've been through so much. No matter
how bad things got, I always felt safe, because I knew that you'd always have my
back. You are the one person in my life who has always been true to me. You're
the one person I always believed would be on my side. You're my best friend.
(Sniffles) Now you've done this, and... (sniffles) it's like a knife in my
heart, and you can't just say you're sorry and have the pain go away. I don't
know how I'm ever gonna be able to trust you. I don't know how our relationship
is ever gonna be the same again. (Sniffles) (sniffles) (sobbing)

(Thunder rumbles)

Bill: I want you to go. You are in way over your head. Great. You're a
confused little girl. And I have said all I am going to say to you.

Steffy: I know you want to talk to your wife, but you can’t. She's not here.
She shouldn't have walked out on you. You're just married. You know it's wrong.

(Thunder rumbles)

Steffy: I wouldn't have walked out on you.

Bill: Katie's gonna be home any minute, and I don't want her to find you
here.

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